Benevento
(fs) Stories of exes, suggestive stories, sometimes curious, with implications that demonstrate how football is an authentic wheel in which sooner or later everyone meets again. He will be in the ranks of Catania this evening Andrés Tello, the Colombian who wore the yellow-red shirt of Benevento for five and a half seasons. For him 144 games with the witch’s shirt, all in B and A, with the exception of the nine of this first round in Serie C (in Catania, from January, then he played just 7). Tello, we remember, is the author of the last Giallorossi goal in Serie A, a story from 23 May 1921 at the “Grande Torino” stadium: after Bremer’s opener, in the 27th minute of the second half Andrès headed in Letizia’s long cross from the left. In Pippo Inzaghi’s Benevento there were also Improta, Manfredini and Pastina.
But for a former player present in the rossoblù shirt, there are three in the giallorossi. In chronological order Davide Agazzi, Alessandro Marotta and PierLuigi Simonetti. Agazzi’s experience even refers to the 2015/16 C season, the one that culminated in Benevento’s first historic promotion from C to B. The midfielder from Trescore made 28 appearances and one goal, also playing that last match at Cibali between Etna and Samnite on 5 December 2015, won by Auteri’s boys (3-1) with Ciciretti’s brace and Mazzeo’s penalty.
Brackets in rossoblù also for Alessandro Marotta. 2018-19 season, 8 goals in the championship, one in the Italian Cup, one in the play offs. Yes, because that Catania ranked fourth and participated in the post season already structured like today’s. First they eliminated Reggina (4-1 also with a goal from Marotta), then Potenza (with two draws), but were then eliminated in the quarterfinals by Trapani, still without losing, with two bitter draws.
Third ex (in chronological order) Pier Luigi Simonetti. A dramatic sporting season, culminating in the cancellation of the Etna club due to bankruptcy. Simonetti arrived in the shadow of Etna in January 22nd after the first part of the season played in Piacenza. An act of courage, a challenge that led him to play 13 matches with an unforgettable brace at Menti di Castellammare, before the cancellation of Catania which did not finish that championship.
In the photo Pier Luigi Simonetti, today one of the exes of the race
